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                | graham.reeds | Posted - Jun 12 2007 : 08:39:08 AM Using the rename doesn't change the comments.
 
 Most modern refactoring IDE's have an option to change the comments as well.
 
 This also should be an option in VAX.
 
 Thanks, G.
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                | feline | Posted - Jun 12 2007 : 09:08:08 AM Parameter names, if you are avoiding "Hungarian" format (a discussion I do not intend to get into
  ) then "common" names can turn up quite often.  Bool parameters like "print" or "create" immediately come to mind. 
 A related situation is three functions in a row, all taking a parameter with the same name.  This is fine, so long as you know which comments go with which functions, but there are cases where this is not clear.
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                | graham.reeds | Posted - Jun 12 2007 : 09:03:12 AM That is true. I'll have a look tonight what Netbeans does in this situation, though I suspect that it will splurge all over the comments with the rename.
 
 How often do you use a common word for a variable and not a compound made of several?
 
 On the side of changing comments, the renaming of comments will allow 3rd party references to change too (as in @CMyClass in Doxygen)
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                | feline | Posted - Jun 12 2007 : 08:56:03 AM Currently this is by design.  We are considering having rename search the comments, but what happens when the parameter name you are renaming is a common word?  VA cannot assume that all instances of this word, in all comments in all files should be renamed.
 
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